End of Life Issues

What an eloquent and poignant statement.

I can speak from the point of a bereaved sibling. That hole you speak of will be there forever, but the ragged edges will soften, at least a bit, as the months and years go by. Don't let anyone give you any baloney about closure - a meaningless and way-over-used word, IMO. There is a 2 word phrase - "new normal." I think that is a good way to think of loss of a loved one. There will still be reasons life is worth living, and there will be things that will make you smile, but we are forever changed.

My brother died when he was only 23, way back in 1978. My only sibling. Probably a cold-induced arrhythmia from attempting to scuba dive under the ice cover on a frozen lake. My 95 year old mom and I still miss him.